Brilliant in spots

Review Score: (6/10)
I'm a long-time Bunnymen fan, so when this comeback CD was released after a ten-year breakup I didn't expect it to knock me out, and it didn't. "I'll Fly Tonight" is fairly lame. However, the title track and "Don't Let It Get You Down" are instant Bunnymen classics and completely worthy of inclusion in their canon of brilliant, romantic pop epics. In an era in which we are continually assaulted with the miserable sounds of cheapened commercial alterna-product, it nearly brought me to tears to hear Will's guitar and Ian's voice together again. These guys are two of the most original and inventive musicians in modern pop. The Bunnymen broke up long before they had run out of ideas. It's nice to have them back and making music again, even if it doesn't quite approach the brilliance of the first four albums.

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